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WEIGHT CONCESSION [2 records]

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Record 1 2004-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

Weight concession to an apprentice rider : usually 10 pounds until the fifth winner, seven pounds until the 35th winner and five pounds for one calendar year from the fifth winner.

CONT

The greatest problem regarding weight, outside of excessively high poundage, is the apprentice allowance, or "bug," given horses ridden by boys who have not won very many races and therefore generally are a handicap to a horse ... The danger becomes even greater when a horse with a "bug" rider is asked to carry a comparatively high weight and therefore has to carry lead in his saddle bags to make up the difference.

OBS

Horse racing term.

OBS

The term "bug" is also used to refer to the mark recorded on the program to indicate the apprentice allowance.

OBS

BUG -- Apprentice allowance. Apprentice rider.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Terme de courses de chevaux.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
DEF

Referring to a self-generating or self-sustaining process ...

CONT

... because the ferry take-off weight is greater than the combat weight, the flight load factors are reduced by about 50%.... With simple concession... no weight penalty is paid for the aerodynamic "bootstrap".

Key term(s)
  • bootstrap process

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

Terme trouvé dans un document Internet intitulé : Tchad. Les Stratégies nationales en matière d'environnement, dans le Réseau pour l'environnement et le Développement durable en Afrique.

Spanish

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